News and Events
May 2003
Lab Director Serves as Co-Chair of Spasticity Management Conference
In collaboration with The Neuroscience Institute, the Ohio Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Allergan, and the Brace Shop, the UC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation hosted "Spasticity Management: Concepts, Applications, and Prospects." The 2-day conference focused on issues pertaining to treatment, etiology, and new frontiers in spasticity management in children and adults with neurological disabilities.
Nationally-renowned conference faculty included:
- Dr. Martin (Casey) Childers, University of Missouri College of Medicine
- Dr. Gerard Francisco,Texas Institute for Rehabilitation Research; Baylor College of Medicine
- Dr. Cindy Ivanhoe, Texas Institute for Rehabilitation Research; Baylor College of Medicine
- Dr. Doug Kinnett, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Children's Hospital medical Center
- Dr. Patricia Nance, University of California, Irvine
- Dr. Sue Pierson, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Drake Rehabilitation Hospital
- Dr. Jeff Rabin, Boston Children's Hospital
- Dr. Thomas Watanabe, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Drake Rehabilitation Hospital
- Dr. Stuart Yablon, Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital; University of Mississippi College of Medicine
- Dr. Ross Zafonte, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Stephen Page, NmRRL Director & faculty member, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, served as Conference co-chairperson with Dr. Thomas Watanabe, also of the University of Cincinnati Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Conference proceedings will be published in the Fall 2004 issue of The American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation